Mutiny on the Bounty
(1935)
Overview
Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on revenge.
Director
Frank Lloyd
Writers
James Norman Hall, Talbot Jennings, Jules Furthman, Carey Wilson, Charles Nordhoff, John Farrow, Margaret Booth
Top Billed
Charles Laughton
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Reviews
John Chard
⭐ 8/10June 20, 2020
When you're back in England with the fleet again, you'll hear the hue and cry against me. From now on they'll spell mutiny with my name.
A tyrannical ships captain takes his reluctant crew on a two-year voyage that will change British maritime law forever...
Directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Charles Laughton, Clark Gable and Franchot Tone, this 1935 version of the often filmed tale of the "Mutiny on the Bounty" (book by Charles Nordhoff …
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CinemaSerf
⭐ 8/10June 19, 2022
A really outstanding adaptation of this story of the tyrannical behaviour of the Royal Navy Captain Bligh (Charles Laughton) who was tasked with sailing round the world to procure breadfruit trees as cheap fodder for slaves in the Caribbean and in so doing brutalises his ill fed and thirsty crew to the point of mutiny lead by Lieutenant Christian (a very dashing Clark Gable). I found Franchot Tone a rather good looking but wooden "Byam" and Gable… read the rest.
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$1,950,000
Revenue
$4,460,000